Mr T a Boxer???? (Rocky 3 (DVD))

Member Name: sewbizzie

Product:	Rocky 3 (DVD)
Date:	04/08/09 (143 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good story, good acting, excellent fight scenes

Disadvantages: Sad!

Well after watching Rocky 1 then naturally we should have watched the second but as we were not able to get it we skipped straight to Rocky 3, luckily I have seen them all before so I do know the story so was still able to follow them. Hubby actually says this one is the best and it is his favourite as it star Mr T!

Rocky is now the Heavyweight Champion of the World after defeating Apollo Creed in the previous film so things are going exceptionally well and he is fighting all the time and is still undefeated. Whilst rocky is fighting he is being watched by Clubber Lang who is played by Mr T. He is watching and studying Rocky as he is determined to challenge his title.

In private Rocky is happily married to Adrian and they now have a son who Rocky is extremely proud of. Rocky is still very close to Mick who is still working as his manager and pushing Rocky to be the best he can be.

Things take a turn for the worse when Rocky is due to fight Clubber Lang and poor Mick has a bad turn. Rocky is forced to leave Mick with Adrian and go and fight but with his mind on Mick and not the fight just will he be able to hold onto his title?

I think I do have to slightly agree with hubby about this being the best of the films, but for me only so far as my personal favourite was the new Rocky Balboa film. I did enjoy the story in this film and thought it was a great mix with the boxing and also the personal storyline. I thought Sylvester Stallone did a great job again playing the role of Rocky and I liked how he moved the character on from the previous films and made him smarter and more confident. He portrayed this very well. I also found the character of Adrian to be much better in this film as she was much more confident and she would speak to people without being so shy and quiet. I liked how they bought her out of her shell.

The role of Mick in this film was excellent. I loved the relationship between him and Rocky as it went much deeper than trainer and boxer and I think Rocky looked up to him as a father figure. I found the scenes when Mick was ill extremely moving and especially the later scenes with Rocky and Adrian talking about him.

The arrival of Mr T to the film was great and he really did look tough and scary and definitely a contender for the title from Rocky. I found him to be slightly wooden at times but I did see past this and take his character for what it was. I also found the return of characters from the first film to be a welcome addition to this story.

The effects in the film were really good and I found the fight scenes were at times brutal looking. I did notice a few times that I could clearly see a gap between fist and face instead of it making contact but I found that this only happened a few times and the rest of the scenes really did look authentic and great. At times I was wincing with the pain that the fighters must have been feeling! The music in this film was also great and I liked how some of the tracks from the previous films had been used again. I have to say that my favourite track is definitely Eye of the Tiger.

The setting for the film is again in Philadelphia in the late 1970's and I thought that all of the sets and costumes were all well done and made the film look very authentic of the year it was set. I think at times it did look slightly dated and old but this film can definitely stand up in today's market and beat a lot of the new recent films in popularity ratings.

The running time of this film is 95 minutes and the certificate is a PG, the film does contain moderate violence but nothing which is too strong for children to view.

We managed to get this DVD for just £3 from Tesco which I felt to be a bargain. I think it will; also be available for just a few pounds from places such as EBay and Amazon. I definitely recommend this film as it is the best of the Rocky's so far and has a good storyline and this one is not just centred around the boxing.

Summary: Rocky has to fight Mr T to keep his title